Summary

Digital colour photograph of the Halabi family outside their home in Bright, Victoria in 1969. Ahmed Halabi migrated to Melbourne from Lebanon in 1951; his wife Houda in 1958. They settled in Bright and the couple worked at Mt Buffalo Chalet (Ahmed for over 40 years): Ahmed as a storeman and Houda as a domestic worker.

The people depicted as follows: (back row): Houda, Issam (baby) and Ahmed; (front row): Zena, Yasmine, Abdel Karim, Haje and Omar.

Physical Description

Digital colour photograph copied from original print

Significance

Muslims in Australia are an under represented cohort in both the museum's collections and Australian history more broadly. As an-ever growing faith in Australia, it is important to trace the migration and settlement of Muslim Australians across time in order to help provide a historical, social and cultural context to Muslim Australians today. This collection is the key outcome for the Museum of its collaboration with Dr Dzavid Haveric, MV research associate, who is working on a seminal published history of Muslims in Australia. This collection is the result of his research and community interviews, and every story has an accompanying biographical narrative.

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